Independent Media reports that a 41-year-old sergeant was gunned down on Friday night and his service pistol stolen.

National police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili indicated that Sergeant Nkosinathi Phindokuhle Ngcobo, from Richards Bay SA Police Service (SAPS), was gunned down while on duty in the Ndaya area at around 7pm. “It is reported that he was on his way to pick up a SAPS member who resides in the Ndaya area. The member's state service pistol, wallet and cellphone were taken by the suspects,” Muridili reported. A case of murder and armed robbery has been opened, but no arrests have yet made. Also on Friday, Sergeant Sharon Mogale of the Tembisa police station was shot in the head while she and her partner, Sergeant Mapule Petje, were attacked and disarmed by four armed suspects in a store. Petje was not injured in the attack.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj at Independent Media
• See too, KwaZulu-Natal cop shot dead, service pistol stolen, at News24

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